From time to time, they would walk over, ask what something was, etc. I used it as an opportunity for the kids to kind of watch while they were working on their work. If you want to see the one I used, click HERE. There are shorter ones out there that get the job done, so find one that suits your fancy. ![]() I liked it because he went through the first print and everything. It was actually a live stream that he did then published. I ended up watching a really long video by Thomas Sandalerer. There are several really good YouTube videos out there to show you how to assemble this printer. The box included some VERY basic instructions and all the tools you need to assemble the printer. In general, the assembly wasn’t terribly difficult. The phrase “some assembly required” rings true here. I ended up selecting the Creality Ender 3 printer. At the same time, I wanted something that could handle what we threw at it. I did not want to ask for a super expensive 3D printer, in part because I didn’t think we would actually get it funded. I wrote a couple of DonorsChoose grants and got both funded within a few weeks, thanks to some awesome parents at school and some generous organizations who matched donations. The issue was going to come down to money.Īs the beginning of the school year approached, I was on the lookout for certain things I wanted to make sure we had in our makerspace. ![]() In the process of building our makerspace, I really wanted to get a 3D printer for the classroom. Let’s face it, the ‘cool’ factor is strong with kids on this one. You can check out my Tevo Michelangelo review to see what I mean.Everyone wants a 3D printer. Also there is always loose screws that sometimes show in your prints. Maybe it is one person at creality assembling them with a crooked table. In the case of the Creality Ender 3 there is a lot of people with a twisted base. That is an issue for me because, as I have seen so many times before they don’t take care when assembling. Luckily I had a few others laying around.īuilding the ender is quite simple and the assembly guide was pretty straight forward. The micro SD card reader on the other hand is a piece of junk. Also included is a Troubleshootings pdf file. ![]() probably an out of date version as it’s update quite often now. The SD card does include the driver and a copy of the free open source slicer software Cura. And the included filament is usually too short to even print the test file. I’m not good with pre sliced gcode files being included because the temp and settings chosen when sliced are specific to the filament and the users filament is likely different. The included 8Gig micro SD card has the standard assembly instructions and test files. ![]() The Creality Ender 3 is super cheap and prints okay. For some reason the mini didn’t get hyped. Then Creality tried to cash in on the popularity of the CR10 with the CR10 Mini. I use quotes because Anet tried going cheap with crappy parts and failed. All the other chinese printer companies like Tevo, Anet and Tronxy followed with their own “clones” of the CR10. Creality soon released updates to the CR10 calling it the CR10S. Although it wasn’t without flaws and the users were quick to release improvements. As the community grew with budget kits one printer stood out for being the first under $500 and needing little to no modifications to get great prints. Does the Creality Ender 3 live up to the hype? Just like all the other communities, the 3D printing has its share of hyped up products.
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